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Michael Crichtonstandalone novel1987

About aliens, set in underwater and spaceship.

“Keeping Top Secret, the US Navy is guarding a gigantic spaceship that has been lying on the Pacific ocean floor for centuries, overgrown with corals.”
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Under the DomeNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2009

Horror, dark in tone, about political intrigue.

“A small town in Maine finds itself suddenly cut off from the outside world by an impenetrable barrier, and the clash of personalities of the trapped people takes its inexorable devastating course.”
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The Andromeda StrainSeries

series2 books1969

About plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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The VisitorsNovel

Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1980

First contact, about aliens.

“WorldCat: Intelligent, alien creatures arrive on Earth from outer space, threatening world stability and presaging the destruction of civilization.”
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Southern Reach TrilogySeries

series4 books2014

Weird fiction and horror, eerie in tone, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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Alas, BabylonNovel

Pat Frankstandalone novel1959

Hopeful in tone, set in mid 20th century.

“Classic novel of nuclear war and aftermath in rural Florida.”
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